Catherine Byrne from Malahide is President of the CBAI this year and thus this region is hosting the Novice and Intermediate Congress.

This honour only comes around about once every 15 years.

Programme

Friday 14 February: Mixed Pairs and Gala Pairs, both one session starting at 19:30.

Saturday 15 February: Intermediate A Pairs, Intermediate B Pairs, both two sessions with a break, starting at 13:00. Novice Pairs, one session starting 18:30.

Sunday 16 February: Intermediate & Novice Teams, two sessions with a short break, starting at 11:00.

Venue: Roganstown Hotel & Country Club, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 P2E4.

Further details are on the Contract Bridge Association of Ireland website (www.cbai.ie)

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Two Malahide pairs finished first and second in the DNR McLoughlin Cup last Saturday.

Mary Cahill and Gay Connolly won the event and Clare O'Neill and Orla Duffy were second.  They are pictured with Mary Breen, President of the DNR.

Congratulations to Pat Cassidy and Tony Wilkinson on their win in the Broomfield Trophy 🏆

Congratulations to Clare O'Neill and Orla Duffy on their win in the Margo English Pairs.

Clare and Orla are pictured with President John Murray and Margo English.

Malahide Players were successful in the recent DNR Masters Teams competition and the Cork Congress.

Fran Ronan, John Moyles, Kay Murphy and Mary Kelly-Rogers won the DNR Masters Teams. They are pictured with Aidan Synott, DNR Secretary.

Tom Gilligan and Fran Ronan were part of the team that finished third in the Cork Congress and they are pictured with Catherine Byrne the CBAI President.

There have been some notable achievements by a number of members from Malahide recently.

Fran Ronan has been upgraded from Regional Master to National Master following a fantastic 7th place finish (out of 119 pairs) in the Master Pairs competition just before Christmas. 

Therese Gumbrielle was also upgraded from A1 to Area Master.

In the McMenamin Bowl held last weekend in Clane Mary Kelly-Rogers team won the National Master Prize. The team of Catherine Deegan, Fiona Gormley, Helena Redmond and Mary Deane won the Area Master prize.

Congratulations to all concerned.  👏👏🍾
 

The Club have covered a number of topics with videos on Saturday mornings at 10.00 in the club. 

These will continue on 8th, 15th and 22nd February.

Topics to be covered - 

8th February - Doubling and Defense against Doubled Contracts

15th February - Leads

22nd February - Losing Trick Count 

Entry will be free and is open to all Members - though it is for Members Only.  

The sessions will last about 90 minutes.

The following is one of the items on the Smart Card Information Tab.

How do I check my balance.

If you make any purchase at the bar using your Smart Card you will get a receipt with your balance on it.

You can also go to the Bar with your Smart Card and ask the Bar Person for the balance or for a list of recent transactions. 

You can also get it online through the Smart Club Cloud App (which you can download to your phone) - Click on Smart Card - then on the page which appears click on the three rectangles on the top right of the screen.  These will then allow you to view your Transaction History.

You can logon to SmartClubCloud | Login Page - Go to the Top Up Icon - Scroll down through that and you will see a Transaction History Tab. Fill in the details and this will show your transaction History.

To login online your username will be in the form firstname.surname.number - e.g. joe.soap.567 and you should have set up your own password.